USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) during mission in Gulf of Tonkin during Vietnam War. Several aircraft, sailors and other crew members on the deck area near the ship's island structure. Number 65 in bold written on the lower portion of ship's island and A-4FSkyhawk aircraft moving on the deck. Pilot McGraw walks from the ship's island towards another aircraft parked on the deck. Lieutenant Michael McGraw inspects the aircraft engine and climbs up the port side to check the air intake. He gets inside the cockpit, tightens shoulder harness, wears helmet, shuts the canopy and takes off. Two A-4F Skyhawk aircraft landing and several other aircraft parked in background. Pilot McGraw steps down the aircraft ladder, walks with Commander Robert J. Thomas, commanding officer of attack squadron 113 who congratulates him on his 200th mission. Pilot McGraw walks on the deck passing by several aircraft parked near the ship's island. Another crew member lying and relaxing on the deck.
USS Forrestal fire off the Gulf of Tonkin during the Vietnam War. Time moving on a clock. An RA-5C aircraft is on fire. A man is seen in lower foreground of the footage. Crewmen spraying water on the plane in flames in the foreground. A large fire is seen in the background, as more planes around the vicinity catch fire. Smoke begins to get very heavy in the area filled with parked aircraft. A small explosion from a plane in the background. Debris shot up in the air. Personnel putting water over many aircraft in flames. Many Damage Control (DC) personnel among aircraft in the background. Vast area of the deck on fire, heavy smoke in the background. Fire spreading all over the USS Forrestal. An RA-5C being moved in the foreground to the right. DC personnel move toward main fire in the background. Burned out aircraft in the original area of the beginning of the fire. Men fighting fire in the background. Some units attempting to contain fire. Another RA-5C is moved away from the fire, after heavy sprays of water are put on the aircraft. Deck is filled with DC personnel using fire hose to put out fire. A forklift moves up to the starboard wing of an RA-5C. Forklift lifting the aircraft, with the nose of aircraft seen on the deck. Aircraft is seen with burns and heavy damage. Firefighters spraying with fire hoses. A heavy cloud of smoke obscures much of the background in the fire.
A Strategic Air Command (SAC) bombing competition in Maine, United States . Aircraft parked at Loring Air Force Base. United States Air Force B-52 Stratofortresses and Convair B-36s parked at a flight line. Men working on maintenance and repairing mechanical defects in an airplane. Flight pilots and crews in briefing receiving information about targets. Animation shows the course of airplanes in flight. Views of aircraft taking and in flight aerial views during the competition. They are tracked from the ground with radar. View of ground teams using radar and in control rooms. The aircraft taxiing on the air base.
A film about the African American pilot training in U.S. Army Air Forces in July , 1941. African American pilots come out of a building at Tuskegee air base, home of the Tuskegee Airmen. Men work on U.S. Army Air Forces P-40 aircraft. Bombs being loaded under the wing. Pilots being briefed by an officer. Pilots put on their masks and board the planes. At Oseoda air base in Michigan, P-40 aircraft piloted by African American airmen taxis and take off. Aircraft in flight. P-40s dive strafe and skip bomb an area. Smoke rises due to dropping of bombs. Aircraft lands. Pilots check the accuracy of their hits and being congratulated by an officer. (World War II period).
U.S. Congressmen and high ranking officers arrive at the United States Air Forces in Europe in Wiesbaden, Germany. Late model automobiles leave the Lindsey Air Force Base gate. A sign reads 'Lindsey Air Base'. A man stands outside a door. A man standing in front of the gate of a building salutes. Brigadier Herbert M. Kinder, Judge Advocate,USAFE and other naval and air force officers in the dock area of Schierstein naval port. Representative Charles A. Halleck and his wife leave a U.S. Navy Rhine River Patrol boat. Accompanying them in civilian clothes is General C. J. Hauck,Jr. Chief of Legislative Liasion in the office of the Secretary of the Army and wave commander, Elma Ellis. Representative Halleck is greeted on the dock by General Herbert M. Kinder.
At Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii,vehicles and U.S. Air Force personnel surround the open tail of a Military Air Transport Service C-97 aircraft, carrying French troops en route home from Indochina. Scene change shows the French troops wearing flower leis, being treated to refreshments by Red Cross volunteers, in a hangar at the base. A U.S. Air Force officer greets some of the French troops. Change of scene shows group of Americans greeting French troops as they deplane though rear doors of a C-97 airplane. Greeters place leis around their necks and hula dancers entertain them as they walk across the ramp to waiting Red Cross buses. One French soldier dances a few steps with the hula dancers, on his way. Their bus pulls away.
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